deputies argue it was payback for his criticism of the sheriff. >> having president tapia get arrested was a red line, and it showed us that sheriff corpus would do anything possible to disrespect and mistreat the people who work here, and she would do anything possible to maintain power even at the expense of a good man's life. >> reporter: the charges against tapia were dropped, but tensions remain high. the scathing 400 page report accused corpus of using racist and homophobic slurs, fostering a toxic culture, and placing power in the hands of her chief of staff. the report find him to be unqualified for executive decision making and found he had a personal relationship with corpus, creating a conflict of interest. both of them denied the allegations. corpus' lawyer echos what the sheriff has maintained all along, that she's being wrongfully targeted for being the county's first latina sheriff, and she fired back with a $10 million discrimination lawsuit against county officials. >> the election itself is geared only to target her. measure a has a time out in 2028. so basically it's

deputies argue it was payback for his criticism of the sheriff. >> having president tapia get arrested a red line, and it showed us that sheriff corpus would do anything possible to disrespect and mistreat the people who work here, and she would do anything possible to maintain power even at the expense of a good man's life. >> reporter: the charges against tapia were dropped, but tensions remain high. the scathing 400 page report accused corpus of using racist and homophobic slurs, fostering a toxic culture, and placing power in the hands of her chief of staff. the report find him to be unqualified for executive decision making and found he had a personal relationship with corpus, creating a conflict of interest. both of them denied the allegations. corpus' lawyer echos what the sheriff has maintained all along, that she's being wrongfully targeted for being the county's first latina sheriff, and she fired back with a $10 million discrimination lawsuit against county officials. >> the election itself is geared only to target her. measure a has a time out in 2028. so basically it's nev

deputies argue the arrest was payback for his criticism of the sheriff. >> having president tapia get arrested was a red line and showed us sheriff corpus would do anything possible to disrespect and mistreat the people who work here and that she would do anything possible to maintain power, even at the expense of a good man's life. >> reporter: the charges against tapia were dropped, but tensions remain high. the scathing 400-page report accused corpus of using racist and homophobic slurs, fostering a toxic culture and placing power in the hands of her chief of staff victor ienja who was found to be unqualified for executive decision making and found he had a personal relationship with corpus, creating a conflict of interest. both have denied the allegations. corpus' lawyer brad gage echos what the sheriff has maintained, that she's been wrongfully targeted for being the county's first latina sheriff and she fired back with a $10 million discrimination lawsuit against county officials. >> the election itself is geared only to target her. measure a has a timeout in 2028. so basically

deputies argue the arrest was payback for his criticism of the sheriff. >> having president tapia getd it showed us that sheriff corpus would do anything possible to disrespect and mistreat the people who work here and that she would do anything possible to maintain power, even at the expense of a good man's life. >> reporter: the charges against tapia were dropped. but tensions remain high. the scathing 400 page report accused corpus of using racist and homophobic slurs, fostering a toxic culture, and placing power in the hands of her chief of staff. the report found him to be unqualified for executive decision making and found he had a personal relationship with corpus. creating a conflict of interest. both corpus and he have denied the allegations. corpus' lawyer brad gauge echoes what the sheriff maintained all along. that she has been wrongfully targeted for being county's first latina sheriff and she fired back with a $10 million discrimination lawsuit against county officials. >> the election itself is geared only to target her. measure a. has a time out in 2028. so basically,

carlos tapia in for grand theft. do you believe that arrest was retaliation? absolutely not. and as the sheriffs i have to people accountable whenever i have tried told anybody accountable or i have said no to the unions on something. its retaliation. in fact, in the office and the going kind of is just hide behind the shield of retaliation and then she can't touch. we have the special election on march 4th, if you can speak to the voters, what would you want them to know? yeah, that this is unconstitutional undemocratic the way that the voters, if they feel that i'm not doing my job as the sheriff, then there's a recall process. you're giving your invoice away to the board of supervisors if they do it to me who also they do it too. they've been asking you to resign since november. you've said i'm not going to resign. no, they expected me to give in. so they offered me a million dollars and offered me 4 years of health insurance. if i were just a given and i'm not and then done anything wrong for them too, you know, demi need and in the way that they have to drag my name thro